The Idea of Perfection — Kate Grenville

A QUIRKY TOUCHING ROMANCE THAT CELEBRATES SOMETHING EVEN BETTER THAN PERFECTION

Unlikely love can blossom out of the most unpromising of conjunctions. Harley Savage is a plain woman, a part-time museum curator, and quilting expert with three failed marriages and a heart condition. Douglas Cheeseman is a shy, gawky engineer with jug-handle ears, one marriage gone sour, and a crippling lack of physical courage. They meet in the little Australian town of Karakarook, where Harley has arrived to help the town build a heritage museum and Douglas to demolish the quaint old Bent Bridge. From the beginning they are on a collision course until the unexpected sets them both free.